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New England Realty Associates Limited Partnership NEN

$48.40 -1.24% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · AMEX · Market cap $171.2M

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Three things to know

  1. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-2.00, down 143.7% year over year.
  2. Operating margin narrowed to 14.6% from 32.0% a year earlier.
  3. The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Real Estate sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.

Growth81Strong

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 26%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 7%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 1%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 32%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 28%
Quality50Neutral

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 36%
  • Gross marginBottom 35%
  • Operating marginBottom 31%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 1%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 1%
  • Interest coverBottom 12%
Value68Positive

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldBottom 18%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 1%
Momentum17Very weak

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 16%
  • 6-month returnBottom 21%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 19%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 24%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 23%
Revisions—Not enough data

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

Stability71Positive

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 21%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 43%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 1%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 1%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)13.9%16.1%↑
EPS growth (YoY)-110.5%-143.7%↓
Gross margin67.5%28.8%↓
Operating margin32.0%14.6%↓
FCF margin46.6%7908.3%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)16.1%13.9%↑Top 26%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)-143.7%-110.5%↓Bottom 7%
Gross margin28.8%67.5%↓Bottom 35%
Operating margin14.6%32.0%↓Bottom 31%
Net margin-7.3%19.5%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin7908.3%46.6%↑—
Return on invested capital2.8%—Bottom 36%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR9.3%—Top 32%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-1535.8%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+17.7 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
-2.98×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
0.0×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
2.44%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
1.03%
Shareholder yield
3.48%
Share count change, 1 year
+0.5%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
-0.4%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.3%
Positive 20 days after report
2 of 8

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 7, 2026—+0.0%-0.5%-3.3%—
May 8, 2026—+0.1%-3.0%+0.1%-4.1%
Mar 13, 2026—-3.1%-4.6%-8.5%-7.7%
Nov 7, 2025—-0.8%-0.8%-6.4%-9.2%
Aug 8, 2025—-0.7%-2.0%-0.7%-3.4%
May 9, 2025—+0.0%+3.4%-3.1%-6.2%
Mar 14, 2025—+2.8%+4.4%-3.8%-6.8%
Nov 8, 2024—+4.4%+2.5%+4.7%+5.1%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 7, 2026-$9.99——$24.4M
May 8, 2026-$33.61——$24.2M
Mar 13, 2026-$11.92——$23.6M
Nov 7, 2025-$4.48——$23.7M
Aug 8, 2025$35.59——$21.2M
May 9, 2025$32.53——$20.7M
Mar 14, 2025$36.12——$20.4M
Nov 8, 2024$33.44——$20.2M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
Free-cash-flow yield4426.14%——Top 1%
Earnings yield-4.13%——Bottom 18%

P/E over the past five years

Range 15.7× – 36.6× since Mar 31, 2024. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
-33.0%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
-143.7%
Change in P/E multiple
+97.6%

Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-3.8%
200-day average slope (20 days)
-2.4%
Distance from 50-day average
-11.0%
Distance from 200-day average
-18.7%
RSI (14)
34.6
Relative volume
0.02×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
33.1%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
95th percentile · High for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
-0.19
Correlation with S&P 500
-0.17
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-34.1%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-42.4%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Mar 19, 2025Oct 5, 2026-42.4%388 daysNot yet recovered
Apr 18, 2022Oct 25, 2023-21.7%383 days228 days (Sep 23, 2024)
Jan 16, 2025Mar 12, 2025-11.2%37 days5 days (Mar 19, 2025)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$171.2M
EPS, diluted (TTM)
-$2.00
Revenue (TTM)
$95.8M
Dividend yield
3.31%
52-week range
$48.40 – $73.50
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$62.6M$68.3M$74.5M$80.5M$89.2M
Gross profit$41.1M$45.2M$48.2M$54.2M$14.6M
Operating income$14.2M$18.1M$19.8M$25.4M$21.7M
Net income-$2.7M$3.7M$8.5M$15.7M$6.0M
EPS (diluted)-$0.74$1.03$2.38$4.46$1.72
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$20.2M$20.4M$20.7M$21.2M$23.7M$23.6M$24.2M$24.4M
Net income$3.9M$4.2M$3.8M$4.1M-$521,828-$1.4M-$3.9M-$1.2M
EPS (diluted)$1.11$1.20$1.08$1.19-$0.15-$0.40-$1.12-$0.33
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$15.8M$21.5M$28.4M$36.5M$27.7M
Capital expenditure-$3.3M-$6.0M$4-$4$0
Free cash flow$12.5M$15.6M$28.4M$36.5M$27.7M
Dividends paid-$4.7M-$9.3M$0$0-$16.8M
Net share buybacks-$450,258-$5.3M-$3.9M-$1.7M-$821,186

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$24.75B
Total assets
$493.9M
Total liabilities
$577.1M
Total debt
$526.2M
Net debt
-$24.22B
Shareholders’ equity
-$82.4M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Sep 15, 2026$0.40Sep 30, 2026
Jun 15, 2026$0.40Jun 30, 2026
Mar 24, 2026$0.40Mar 31, 2026
Dec 16, 2025$0.40Dec 31, 2025
Sep 15, 2025$0.40Sep 30, 2025
May 23, 2025$0.40May 30, 2025
Mar 24, 2025$3.60Mar 31, 2025
Dec 16, 2024$0.40Dec 31, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
50
Days to cover
1.00
Change vs previous report
-16.7%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Jan 4, 2012
3-for-1